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FONAR Installs Stand-Up MRI in New Jersey - and the Patients Love It; 46 Stand-Up MRIs Now Installed

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--08/13/2004--FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ:FONR), The MRI Specialist(TM), announced today it has installed a Stand-Up(TM) MRI at Tilton Dynamic Imaging in Northfield, New Jersey. FONAR has now installed 46 Stand-Up(TM) MRIs. (To see a picture of the facility, go to: www.fonar.com/news/081304.htm). Mr. Norman Brettler, M.H.A., administrator of Tilton Dynamic Imaging said, "Patients love to be scanned in a non-threatening, open, spacious environment. That's why they love to be scanned in the Stand-Up(TM) MRI. Even if patients are highly claustrophobic, they will still be able to be scanned in the FONAR Stand-Up(TM) MRI. If a patient has a claustrophobic reaction in this scanner, they will probably feel claustrophobic standing in our parking lot!"

"One of our patients," continued Mr. Brettler, "was 6'7" and weighed 430 lbs. Another traveled 80 miles to be scanned in the Stand-Up(TM) MRI. We also had a very anxious patient come to us who was unable, because of her claustrophobia, to complete an MRI elsewhere, but desperately needed to get it done. She had no problem being scanned in the Stand-Up(TM) MRI. In fact, when she finished the exam, she cried tears of joy. For patients like these, the FONAR Stand-Up(TM) MRI is a Godsend."

Mr. Brettler continued, "Our referring physicians have been very impressed with the quality of our Stand-Up(TM) MRI images, as well as the diagnostic superiority of an Upright(TM) imaging system. We have seen many examples where pathology would have otherwise been missed had it not been for the Position(TM) imaging abilities of the Stand-Up(TM) MRI."

The Stand-Up(TM) MRI is the world's only whole-body MRI scanner with the ability to perform Position(TM) Imaging (pMRI(TM)), i.e. patients can be scanned sitting, standing, bending as well as lying down. Because of its unique top-open and front-open magnet design, the Stand-Up(TM) MRI is remarkably spacious and non-claustrophobic.

Tilton Dynamic Imaging is located at 1226 Tilton Road, Northfield, NJ ([phone]). Its web site is: http://www.tiltondynamicimaging.com.

MRI Specialist, Stand-Up, Upright, Position, pMRI and The Proof is in the Picture are trademarks of FONAR.

Be sure to visit FONAR's Web site for Company product and investor information: http://www.fonar.com.

CONTACT:
FONAR Corporation Daniel Culver or David Terry, 631-694-2929 Fax [phone] www.fonar.com

SOURCE: FONAR Corporation

08/13/2004 08:31 EASTERN